Between the ages of about 15 & 19, i used to go to a nightclub in Leigh every Friday and Saturday night. There was a guy on the doors who had a fearsome reputation, he was a massive meathead, and loved fighting and would gladly take on four or five people. He used to intimidate younger people, take their drugs off them, sell them to the dealers, etc, etc. He was a bit of a shagger as well, even had a room in the club where he'd take girls in to service them, etc, etc. He ended up fucking with the wrong woman, though, and she got up on the mic one night when absolutely mullered and told the entire club that he was properly into having dildos rammed up his arse. No-one ever took him seriously after that and he just sort of disappeared.

He used to work at Sound Control, dunno where he works now. He's into MMA and thai boxing and that. He's a great big softy, <3 him. It never fails to surprise people when I say my mate's a cage fighter as well

The current one is soft as shite - he does performance poetry in his spare time, in addition to teaching kids Tae Kwon Do to kids. He hates it and only got into it a gap filler. He's been doing it almost 20 years now. I think maybe the job chose him rather than vice versa as he is 6 foot 4, dreadlocked and built.

A mate of mine worked as a doorman while at uni. I don't think he had any particular aptitude for the job apart from being big. Has a bit of a hair trigger temper though so amazing that he never battered anyone.

Which reminds me, the first lad who has been doing it for 20 years reckons he's never hit anyone in all that time.